*In a style truly his own, Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke his mind at a recent visit to Florida; where he went to support the Dream Defenders; the group that has been staging a sit-in since mid-July in protest of the state’s Stand Your Ground law.

Jackson called Florida an “Apartheid state,” and named it “the Selma of our time.”

Of course these references didn’t sit well with Florida Governor Rick Scott.

“Jesse Jackson owes every Floridian an apology for his reckless and divisive comments,” Scott said. “It is unfortunate that he would come to Florida to insult Floridians and divide our state at a time when we are striving for unity and healing. Floridians are a strong, resilient people. We are fortunate to live in a great state where all Floridians enjoy opportunities to get a great job and world-class education.”

The civil rights activist has requested that the state re-evaluate its gun laws; especially in light of the Trayvon Martin slaying by George Zimmerman, and the subsequent acquittal voted upon unanimously by the jury.

Though Gov. Scott stands by the controversial law and will not call a special session to address it, according to the Miami Herald, Jackson says:

“The Rainbow Push Coalition is mobilizing elected officials in support of these student movements, too many people in Florida are disenfranchised.”

Jackson spent the night on the floor of the Capitol in Tallahassee Tuesday night.

Good for you Jesse Jackson. Stand up for what is right and if the people in charge dont listen, do exactly what you and the Dream Defenders are doing. Much respect to them. I was born in the civil rights era and Florida is the new Mississippi and Alabama.

@ Rusyn, what’s so hypocritical about what Jesse is doing? He’s not protesting because someone called him a name. He is protesting in regards to The Stand your Ground Law! Nothing hypocritical about that. You know its that idiot law they have around this country. Totally different situation. OMG, that was so long ago when he said that. Is that the best you can bring up to compare.

That’s a Zionist troll. Probably just a wannabe and not even a fucking Jew.
They invade the site whenever anything like this goes down to spew their drivel.

When you look at what’s going on in Florida in the context of civil rights, you can see the comparison to Selma. Look what they did in the last election.
Close down all the early voting booths on weekends cause they know low income folks can’t get off their nine to five in the week, so you have mile long lines just to vote in what they keeping lying to you is the greatest democracy on earth.

This stand your ground would put apartheid South Africa to shame.

White people who kill black people in ‘Stand Your Ground’ states are 354 per cent more likely to be found justified in their killing than a white person who kills another white person, according to research.
The “stand your ground” law is notorious for being applied in a biased and inconsistent way. The Tampa Bay Times found that defendants claiming “stand your ground” are more successful if the victim is black. Seventy-three percent of those who killed a black person faced no penalty. Only 59 percent of those who killed a white person got off. The Urban Institute determined that in “stand your ground” states, when white shooters kill black victims, 34 percent of the resulting homicides are deemed justifiable. When black shooters kill white victims only 3 percent of the deaths are ruled justifiable.

Though i dislike Jesse because of his personal hypocrisy he is right here to a point i think the whole country is based on modern day Apartheid instead of the lynchings now they shoot us the cops shoot us all they have to say is i saw a gun or something shinny so i wasted him on laws that are created by them for them so they can hide behind them. The world has progressed 10 fold except in the area of race relationships when the say the white man is the devil there are no truer words…

This is poetic justice. Now Rick Scott knows what it feels like to have someone refuse to honor your request. The same way he rejected the Dream Defenders request, his request for an apology has been denied.

The only thing Jesse Jackson’s defending is his right to get TV facetime at the expense of the black lumpen he and the other popinjay black “mis-leaders” exploit to enrich themselves.If Jesse REALLY wants to aid the black poor,he’d prevail upon Florida and other states to close the corrupt,violence-ridden zoos masquerading as inner-city schools which entrap black youth and prepare them for a life of crime and poverty,in favour of sending them to suburban schools with the financial backing of the black elite,but that won’t happen,because Jackson,Sharpton and the usual suspects have a vested interest in keeping the African American underclass poor,angry and thus willing to follow them!!!!(Besides,it’s an insult to the incredibly brave TRUE Civil Rights leaders of a half-century ago,INCLUDING Dr. King,Revs.
Mssrs. Abernathy,Shuttlesworth,Medgar Evers and others who WILLINGLY gave their lives for the black voting and life freedom abused by FAR TOO MANY African Americans and
cynically used by snakes like Jesse!!!!

Joe Bethea,as HORRENDOUSLY EVIL as cop shootings of innocent black men-OR ANY IN-
NOCENT ARE,the fact is 93% of black men are slain be OTHER BLACK MEN?Can’t you and the rest GET THAT THROUGH YOUR HEAD?

I REALLY DONT UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE WITH SOMEWHAT INTELLIGENCE CAN NOT SEE THAT FLORIDA IS A RACIST STATE FULL OF BIAS LAWS,UNFAIRNESS ONESIDEDNESS AND BIGOTRY AND LETS NOT FORGET APARTHEID EVEN STEVIE WONDER CAN SEE THAT FLORIDA IS A STATE THAT HAS A SYSTEMATIC HATRED FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR . APARTHEID A SOCIAL POLICY OR RACIAL SEGREGATION INVOLVING POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC AND LEGAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE WHO ARE NON WHITE .TRAYVON MARTIN, JORDAN DAVIS, ROY MIDDLETON ALL RACICALLY PROFILED AND ATTACHED AND TWO OF THEM KILLED. THE STAND YOUR GROUND LAW IS A FREE PASS FOR WHITE PEOPLE TO KILL AFRICAN AMERICANS THATS WHY JESSE JACKSON CALLED FLORIDA THE STATE OF APARTHEID. GOV. RICK SCOTT WANTS AN APOLOGY HE CAN GO KICK SOME ROCKS FLORIDA OWES AMERICA AND APOLOGY.

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